Re:500'000€ Prize for Compressing Human Knowledge
by aleph_minus_one on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @07:08PM
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Let's say you really find a new, much much better compression algorithm for texts. I do believe that soon new applications will appear that will make use of the whole storage space that existing data storage devices can offer.
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Re:500'000€ Prize for Compressing Human Knowledge
by ephbit on Thursday September 14, 2023 @04:10AM
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Are you possibly hinting at the endless stream of "new generation iWasteware camera, now with 2 gigapixel sensor" in combination with camera apps that put a (high) limit on the lowest resolution one can choose?
Re:500'000€ Prize for Compressing Human Knowledge
by aleph_minus_one on Thursday September 14, 2023 @07:02AM
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I did not have exactly this application in mind, but I was aware that this kind of waste does exist for many commercial applications when I was writing my reply.